@Aethelflaed I mean actually call or go the police and falsely accuse someone they threatened you. Someone I know is going through this situation and the accuser called police on them. My friend would never hurt anyone or even act in a threatening manner.

If they made a false report to police, can this person get in trouble with them if the police find out it’s all lies?

@AshlynM Yes, it’s illegal to falsely report a crime. However, if there’s no evidence, it’s really more likely that the police will just drop the case, since in order to charge the reporter with falsely reporting a crime, they have to have evidence that the person knew it was total crap and reported it anyway, which tends to take a lot more energy than the police want to put into it.

It’s illegal to press a claim which the claimant knows to be false. It’s not technically illegal “to lie” in general, but it is a crime to lie to the police.

The question is in the details. The claimant may have misunderstood something that was said or done to them, or they may have misinterpreted an action or statement by another as being “a threat”, and they may simply have been tricked by others into thinking that a threat had occurred. In those cases, they may make a bona fide and good faith complaint to the police believing that they had been threatened.

If they know for a fact that there was no threat, and if they’re manufacturing the whole story just to get someone else in trouble, then that’s a criminal act. The problem then is proving that they’re engaged in a pattern of lies.

I don’t know if it’s illegal or not but if you’re being falsely accused of threatening someone and there is absolutely NOTHING that can prove you really did it, you probably won’t get in trouble for it. If they’re taking you to court over it, you won’t get very far because if there’s nothing for the jury to go on they can’t pronounce you guilty.

NO, not unless you feel you have been defamed and suffed damages from the defamation. Highly unlikely successful action on your scetchy scenario. You sound like someone who creates drama for the sake of drama. Be careful, people will shy away from you.

The only time it is illegal is if there is an official police report or if financial damages occur. Once the allegations enter the legal system, the falsely accused can then hire a lawyer and file suit.

This has actually happened to me and the false accusations were widely spread about on the internet. I did not suffer any financial damage as a result of it, and the accuser recanted after being convicted of stalking and served 5 years in a mental hospital, but the original accusation is still there.